
NYSCC Suppliers' Day 2025
JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER, NYC - JUNE 3RD & 4TH
North America’s premier ingredients & formulation event, Suppliers’ Day, will take place next week on Tuesday 3rd June and Wednesday 4th June. Members of the TRI team will be present at Booth 243 to talk to you about the services, educational activities and research activities that TRI provides.
Join Us at Booth 243 with a chance to test your own hair quality using our portable infra-red spectrometer… "how damaged is your hair?"

Martha Schwarzkopf Award for
Outstanding Female Scientists 2025
FIRST PLACE WINS €10,000
Presented by Henkel
Supporting and Empowering Women in the Scientific Community
APPLICATION DEADLINE → JUNE 1st, 2025
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Symposium on the Fatigue Testing of Hair
THURSDAY, 15th MAY 2025
Hybrid Event - On Site at TRI Princeton + 🔴Live Streaming
This Symposium seeks to pull together scientists working in (or with interest in) this area to discuss and debate various aspects of this approach. The event will consist of 8 lectures that will highlight the novelty, the practicality, the issues, and the potential of this methodology.

TRI Princeton is an independent, not-for-profit, scientific institute with world-leading expertise in applied measurement sciences, with a global reach.
We focus on hair and skin claims testing for product development, scientific research and the development of new measurement techniques, as well as providing internationally renowned courses and events in hair and skin science.
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TRI focusses on hair and skin testing for claims substantiation working with leading industrial companies, governmental organizations, and academic institutions.
Claims Testing
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At TRI we are passionate about science. Sharing this passion with our members, industry professionals and the community at large is one of our key aims.
Education

Cutting-edge scientific research and the development of new measurement techniques has been a part of TRI's historical legacy since our inception in 1930. It is still core to our mission today.
Research & Development
NYSCC Suppliers’ Day 2025: Many New Contacts Made
North America’s premier ingredients & formulation event, Suppliers’ Day, took place on Tuesday 3rd June and Wednesday 4th June. Members of the TRI team were present at Booth 243 talking about the services, educational activities and research activities that TRI provides. There was also a chance for visitors to the booth to test their hair quality using our portable infra-red spectrometer, and to look at their scalp health with a portable microscope.
Everybody is Talking About: Glass Hair
Most procedures for achieving glass hair recommended use of a heat protection spray before styling, as well as applying hair serum conditioning products and a hold spray afterwards. While the efficacy of heat protection sprays is a contested area, the use of conditioning products prior to straightening and a hold spray straight afterwards are likely to be significant contributors to the ‘glassiness’ of the hair after treatment.
Fatigue Symposium 2025: New Insights Into Hair Breakage
Hair fatigue testing has rapidly grown, from a niche topic, into a mainstream technique for hair claims testing. With this fast rise in popularity has come a demand for better, consumer validated protocols, and a need to understand, more fully, what the data are telling us about hair breakage.
